Will EA desktop be compatible with Frosty Mod Manager in the future? Seems not working at the moment.Thank you in advance

I've been needing to learn how to do actual programming other than batch and html and stuff so I decided to learn some basic C# and made a simple program to replace the batch file: https://github.com/Dulana57/FrostyFix It includes MEA and BF1 aswell as both Battlefronts. Also has support to search for a game directory yourself so theoretically it should work with any other game that frosty supports

I got it working with Mass Effect: Andromeda! Pastebin here: https://pastebin.com/9Nw7ekL9

@CarbonCarl If that would be true, then it wouldn't have stopped working out of nowhere. For me, it seems like a problem with the Steam to Origin complement. Game developers should be more mindful with their game's modding community since it what makes the game live longer than it could. I only bought Mass Effect Andromeda because I played with mods once, at my friend's house, and i found some them indispensable, some which fixes things EA left unattended. Bethesda for an instance, created a whole new edition fully optimized for mods, for a game that got into the history of video gaming. Anyway, just thought i'd share the thought.

@JoeyAGamerSorry for the late reply.EA doesn't actually support any mods for any of their games, they allow mods on some games but don't support them.I agree that it would be nice to implement something for mods exactly like you mentioned with Bethesda etc, that way you would get fully compatible mods at all times.Right now if a game is updated then it's down to the mod developer to update their mods so it continues to work as intended. But it's not down to EA to notify them and offer any support.But yes, mod support would be great.

EA Desktop doesn't support running games with CMD line args (which is a larger issue that not only affects modding games on the platform), so the only way is to set the modded datapath for the game in env variables.Myself and a couple other modders made a batch file to enable/disable the env variable: https://pastebin.com/raw/JfudJp8Z (you can open any text editor such as notepad, paste this, and name it "anything".bat. By default it will be saved as a .txt file)

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26 Replies

CarbonCarl
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
Hi @Dogen64

I think that would be down to whoever makes the mod manager to make it compatible with the app, I don't think EA are officially involved in it.
JoeyAGamer
5 years ago
@CarbonCarl If that would be true, then it wouldn't have stopped working out of nowhere. For me, it seems like a problem with the Steam to Origin complement. Game developers should be more mindful with their game's modding community since it what makes the game live longer than it could. I only bought Mass Effect Andromeda because I played with mods once, at my friend's house, and i found some them indispensable, some which fixes things EA left unattended. Bethesda for an instance, created a whole new edition fully optimized for mods, for a game that got into the history of video gaming. Anyway, just thought i'd share the thought.
CarbonCarl
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@JoeyAGamer
Sorry for the late reply.

EA doesn't actually support any mods for any of their games, they allow mods on some games but don't support them.

I agree that it would be nice to implement something for mods exactly like you mentioned with Bethesda etc, that way you would get fully compatible mods at all times.

Right now if a game is updated then it's down to the mod developer to update their mods so it continues to work as intended. But it's not down to EA to notify them and offer any support.

But yes, mod support would be great.
BrenoLive17
5 years ago
Still not compatible?
Dyviniaa
5 years ago
EA Desktop doesn't support running games with CMD line args (which is a larger issue that not only affects modding games on the platform), so the only way is to set the modded datapath for the game in env variables.
Myself and a couple other modders made a batch file to enable/disable the env variable: https://pastebin.com/raw/JfudJp8Z (you can open any text editor such as notepad, paste this, and name it "anything".bat. By default it will be saved as a .txt file)
JabbaHamst3r
5 years ago
Nice, but where do we have to save the .bat file? (EA, FMM or .... - folder?
Thanks.
MrKn4rz
5 years ago
Is there a way to make this work with Mass Effect Andromeda?
Dyviniaa
5 years ago
@JabbaHamst3r can be saved anywhere, I put mine on my desktop
Dyviniaa
5 years ago
@MrKn4rz Should be easy to do it, but I dont have the game installed
JabbaHamst3r
5 years ago
Thanks for the update, a working fix for Andromeda in the future would be awesome!